Comments on: Ontario Northland 1521, one of three FP7s painted in the “Progressive” paint scheme (the others were 1502 and 1517), idles at CN’s Spadina facilities in the spring of 1966. Steam crane CN 50834 can be seen behind the unit.Doug Page Photo, Bruce Acheson Collection Slide.

By: Jakob Mueller

Jakob Mueller — Mon, 01 May 2023 23:17:53 +0000

The white “hockey stick” is similar to what ended up being used on GO Transit units a few years later… and the first batch of APCUs were built out of ONR FP7s.

By: awmooney

awmooney — Mon, 01 May 2023 22:12:56 +0000

Amazing. A rather short-lived paint scheme that didn’t grace all that many units until it was ditched. I rather like it.

By: pierre fournier

pierre fournier — Mon, 01 May 2023 18:00:14 +0000

I thought this was a new color then i see 1966…

By: Jacob Patterson

Jacob Patterson — Mon, 01 May 2023 13:02:10 +0000

Doug also shot this from the Spadina overpass: http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=50012